Created by Tom Horn on 23 Jul 2010, Last Update on 23 Jul 2010

Order No. 227 - 28 Jul 1942

Stalin issues Order 227, "not a step back". Troops fleeing from the battlefield would be shot and barrier battalions would be created to hover at the rear to perform these executions. In the first 2 months 1000 Soviet soldiers were shot by barrier troops.

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Tags : Soviet Union,Domestic,Europe

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